SCHOOL. 

N os.  6  &  8  East  53d  Street, 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  Reed's 

ENGLISH,  FRENCH,  AND  GERMAN 

BOARDING  AND  DAY  SCHOOL, 

FOR  YOUNG  LADIES 

Nos.  6  and  8  East  53d  Street, 

(CENTRAL  PAE\K,  BET.  MADISOI^  A^D  FIFTH /YES.) 
NEW  YORK. 

FOUNDED  1864. 


NEW  YORK : 

American  Church  Press  Print,  76  East  Ninth  Street, 
1883. 


REFERS  TO 

*The  Rt.  Rev.  Brnj.  Rosworth  Smith,  P.P.,  LLP. 
The  Rt.  Rev.  WlLUAM  Ingraham  Kip,  D.D., 
♦The  Rt.  Rev.  Horatio  Pottkr.  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  . 
The  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  B.  Whipple,  D.D., 
*The  Rt.  Rev.  Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  D.D.,  . 
The  Rt.  Rev.  A.  N.  Littlejohn,  D.D., 
The  Rev.  F.  A.  P.  Barnard,  S.T.P  ,  LL.D.,  L.H.P. 
♦Hon.  Chief  Justice  Waite, 
Hon.  Stephen  J.  Field,  . 
♦Hon.  Frederick  Frelinchuysrn, 
Hon.  George  Clinton, 
Rev.  Morgan  Dix,  D.D., 
♦Rev.  Wm.  F.  Morgan,  D.D., 
Rev.  Geo.  H.  Houghton,  P.P., 
Rev.  Thomas  C.  Pitkin,  P.P., 
Rev.  Henry  C.  Potter,  P.P.,  . 
Hon.  John  Jay, 
♦Pr.  Charles  F.  Chandler, 
♦William  H.  Vanderiult,  Esq., 
♦Stephen  P.  Nash,  Esq.. 
♦Samuel  P.  Babcock,  Esq 
♦Hon.  Amasa  J.  Parker,  . 
♦R.  S.  Willis,  Esq.,  . 
Prof.  E.  N.  Hospord, 
J.  G  Harris,  U.  S.  N., 
♦Isaac  Pavenport,  Esq., 
♦Samuel  L.  Mather,  Esq.,  . 
♦W.  J.  Boardman,  Esq.,  . 
♦A.  Tracy  Lay,  Esq, 
*Pr.  Thomas  F.  Rochester, 
*R.  S.  Tucker,  Esq., 
♦Richard  Milliken,  Esq., 
♦Stephen  Whitney,  Esq.,  . 
♦Mrs  J.  B.  Harding, 
*C.  M.  McGhee,  Esq., 
♦Gov.  John  C  Brown,  . 
♦Elliott  Pendleton,  Esq., 
♦Pr.  John  A.  Murphy, 
♦Mrs.  Mary  Sf.mple  Ames, 
♦Mrs.  Eloise  Roman, 
*S.  L.  Pows,  Esq., 
♦Sam'l  C.  Griggs,  Esq..  . 
♦Alfred  Cowles,  Esq.. 


Bishop  of  Kentucky. 
Bishop  of  California. 
Bishop  of  New  York. 
Bishop  of  Minnesota. 
Bishop  of  Buffalo. 
Bishop  of  Brooklyn. 
Pres.  Columbia  College. 
U.  S.  Supreme  Court. 


U.  S.  Senate. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Rector  of  Trinity  Parish,  N.  Y. 
Rector  of  St.  Thomas'  Church,  N.  Y. 
Church  of  the  Transfiguration,  N  Y. 

Petroit,  Mich. 
New  York. 

.    late  U.  S.  Minister  to  Austria. 
School  of  Mines,  Columbia  Collc^?. 

New  York 


US* 

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Pres.  of  Board  of  Commerce, 


Albany. 
Galveston,  Texas. 
Cambridge,  Mass 
.    Nashville,  Tenn. 
Richmond,  Va. 
Cleveland,  O. 

Chicago,  111. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Raleigh,  N.  C. 
New  Orleans. 

.  Philadelphia. 
Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Tennessee 
Cincinnati,  O. 

St.  Louis.  Mo. 
Maryland. 
Iowa 
.  Chicago,  111. 


*  Indicates  that  daughters  or  members  of  the  family  have  been  pupils. 


In  1864,  when  ray  first  prospectus  appeared,  my  School  was  a 
thing  of  faith.  I  knew  that  in  the  city  of  New  York  there  was  room 
for  a  girls'  school  of  the  rank  and  character  which  I  determined  to 
give  to  mine.  I  believed  it  possible  to  train  up  a  generation  of  women, 
who  would  find,  in  the  legitimate  sphere  which  civilized  society  and 
the  Christian  Church  have  assigned  them,  ample  scope  for  the  exercise 
of  their  noblest  faculties  and  their  highest  attainments.  Those  who 
knew  me  best  gave  proof  of  their  confidence  by  sending  me  their 
daughters,  and  at  the  end  of  the  second  year  my  School  ranked  with 
the  oldest  in  the  country. 

I  must  not  fail  to  attribute  much  of  my  great  success  to  the  home 
training  of  pupils.  They  are  drawn  chiefly  from  families  of  the 
highest  social  and  intellectual  culture,  and  the  grace  of  the  school- 
room has  been  the  reflection  of  many  a  domestic  altar  and  genial 
heart.  And  yet,  commencing  at  a  time  when  the  whole  fabric  of 
society  was  shaken  by  a  great  political  convulsion,  when  the  young 
were  possessed  with  the  excited  and  exaggerated  spirit  of  the  times, 
I  had  much  to  contend  with. 

I  have  not  tried  to  perform  miracles  ;  but,  in  the  quiet,  healthful, 
and  earnest  tone,  in  the  cheerful  devotion  of  duty,  and  in  the  sweet 
spirit  of  charity  which  prevades  my  School,  and  to  which  teachers  and 
scholars  can  bear  witness,  I  feel  that  I  have  accomplished  what  I 
have  promised. 

I  am  confirmed  in  the  belief  that  education  and  religion  cannot 
be  divorced,  and  that,  as  each  passing  hour  meets  the  claims  of  body, 
mind,  and  soul,  the  being  grows  into  a  completeness  which  a  one- 
sided education  never  can  exhibit. 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  (Reed's  School. 


Gathered,  as  our  numbers  are,  from  various  climates  and  different 
homes,  and  at  the  tenderest  and  most  delicate  age,  we  have  cause  for 
the  deepest  gratitude  to  the  Lord  and  Giver  of  Life,  that  He  hath 
preserved  us  all  from  "  the  pestilence  that  walketh  in  darkness,  and 
from  the  sickness  that  destroyeth  in  the  noon-day."  "  A  thousand 
have  fallen  beside  us,  but  death  hath  not  come  nigh  us." 

The  course  of  education  is  designed  to  give  a  breadth  of  culture 
beyond  the  usual  routine  of  schools.  Young  ladies  who  have  gradu- 
ated at  some  of  the  best  high  schools,  academies  and  colleges  in  the 
country  have  found  much  work  to  do  before  earning  the  dipolma  of 
this  School. 

Parents  should  be  most  careful  in  the  selection  of  a  school  for 
their  daughters,  but  when  the  selection  is  made  there  should  be  per- 
fect loyalty  to  the  school  and  its  interests.  If  a  pupil  is  allowed  to 
enter  weeks  after  classes  have  commenced,  and  to  be  irregular  in  her 
attendance,  the  school  is  not  responsible  for  the  superficial  and  frag- 
mentary character  of  that  pupil's  education.  If  the  pupil  is  allowed 
to  devote  more  time  and  money  to  dress  than  to  education,  the  teacher 
is  not  accountable  if  her  body  is  better  clothed  than  her  mind.  By- 
asserting  school  claims  and  engagements  as  paramount  to  all  others, 
the  standard  of  scholarship  is  raised  and  the  school  is  saved  from  a 
class  of  floating  pupils  who  are  only  a  hindrance  to  those  who  seek  to 
do  their  duty. 

Long  experience  should  make  one  wiser  and  more  efficient  in  a 
work  to  which  the  best  energies  have  been  devoted,  and  I  trust  that 
the  plans  for  coming  years  may  meet  continued  favor. 

Caroline  G.  Reed. 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  (Reed's  School.  5 


A  Paper  Read  June  Sth,  1883. 

The  body  of  resident  pupils  consiitutes  a  most  important  and 
interesting  feature  of  this  School,  one  which  makes  much  of  its 
reputation,  and  which  requires  the  most  delicate  and  careful  treat- 
ment. These  resident  pupils  in  a  metropolitan  school  differ  greatly 
in  character  and  pursuits  from  the  resident  pupils  in  colleges  and 
boarding  schools  for  girls  in  smaller  towns. 

One-half  of  these  pupils  are  young  ladies  who  have  perhaps 
finished  a  course  of  English  study  in  some  of  the  excellent  schools 
which  are  found  in  every  part  of  this  country. 

Their  parents  then  seek  for  them  broader  and  more  thorough 
attainments  in  special  branches,  and  also  that  discipline  and  training 
which  fit  them  to  fulfil  the  duties  and  responsibilities  which  devolve 
upon  those  who  are  called  to  high  stations,  who  are  to  stand  as  land- 
marks in  their  generation. 

This  phase  of  education  can  with  difficulty  be  formulated,  and 
progress  in  it  cannot  be  tested  by  an  examination,  nor  be  graded  by 
marks,  and  yet  no  person  should  dare  to  assume  the  office  of  guardian 
and  guide  to  the  daughters  of  the  rich  and  powerful  classes  in  this 
country  who  has  not  devoted  to  the  subject  much  philosophical  study, 
and  who  does  not  appreciate  the  underlying  necessity  of  a  scientific 
and  objective  grappling  with  the  difficulties  of  this  feature  in  the 
education  of  women,  and  especially  American  women. 

These  young  girls  when  they  take  the  first  survey  of  the  life 
upon  which  they  are  about  to  enter  find  themselves  members  of  a 
political  and  social  system  in  which  the  child  born  in  the  prison  or  the 
alms  house,  the  waif  who  has  floated  hither  from  any  country  on  the 
globe,  may  claim  the  privileges  and  exercise  the   functions  of  a 


6  Mrs.  Sylvanus  (Reed's  School. 


citizen  at  an  age  when  she  is  still  in  a  state  of  pupilage.  Wherein, 
then,  must  lie  the  conservation  of  the  dignity  and  purity  of  American 
society  but  with  those  who,  by  birth  and  breeding,  inherit  a  higher 
culture,  and  who  by  fortune  can  command  the  greatest  social  and 
educational  advantages. 

These  young  women  must  be  taught  that  they  are  bound  to 
exhibit  to  the  world  and  to  transmit  to  posterity  the  highest  type  of 
womanhood.  The  higher  education  of  which  our  women  stand  most 
in  need  will  be  found  in  a  system  of  social  ethics  which  shall  teach 
them  the  duties  and  obligations  which  grow  out  of  their  various  re- 
lations in  life.  They  should  not  be  beguiled  into  seeking  greater 
spheres  for  women,  nor  into  looking  abroad  for  responsibilities  which 
lie  ever  at  their  doors.  They  must  be  taught  that  to  do  their  whole 
duty  in  that  state  of  life  into  which  it  has  pleased  God  to  call  them, 
all  the  gifts  of  intellect  and  of  affection  with  which  they  are  endowed 
will  be  fully  exercised.  Should  all  other  relations  fail,  the  Divine 
Master  has  said  that  "  The  poor  ye  have  always  with  you,"  and  the 
work  of  infusing  into  the  dark  and  stifled  places  of  our  social  system 
the  ozone  of  a  purer  and  higher  atmosphere  will  dignify  and  hallow 
the  loneliest  lot. 

Those  who  teach  and  inculcate  this  system  must  be  animated  by 
the  exalted  motives,  and  do  their  work  with  the  enthusiasm  of  a 
Christian  vocation. 

I  am  moved  not  only  by  a  deep  sense  of  justice,  but  by  love  and 
gratitude,  to  mention  the  names  of  those  who  have  during  this  and 
many  years  strengthened  my  hands  in  this  serious  and  responsible 
work. 

The  teachers  of  the  School,  Miss  Watson,  Miss  Peebles,  Miss 
Gaylor,  Miss  Forbes,  Miss  Styles,  and  the  foreign  teachers  have  re- 
ported the  statistics  of  their  work.    I  bear  glad  and  heartfelt  testi- 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  (Reed's  School, 


7 


mony  not  only  to  their  fidelity  and  judicious  management,  but  also  to 
that  of  Miss  Anna  Key  Thompson  who,  for  eleven  years,  has  been 
my  efficient  and  accomplished  chief  of  staff  in  the  complicated 
duties  of  the  home  school;  and  of  Miss  Peebles  in  her  capacity 
as  superintendent  of  the  home  study  of  resident  pupils;  and  of 
Fraulein  Moevvis,  a  lady  of  rank  herself,  whose  experience  in 
training  young  ladies  to  fill  places  of  honor  in  foreign  countries 
renders  her  a  most  suitable  assistant  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  con- 
ventional canons  of  good  breeding  and  good  manners;  and  also  of 
the  other  ladies  of  the  home  school  whose  special  duties  are  the  over- 
sight of  sanitary  details,  the  guardianship  of  pupils  at  concerts, 
lectures  and  places  of  interest  and  improvement,  and  the  routine  of 
daily  life. 

These  mothers  by  grace  often  equal  the  mothers  by  nature  in  tender 
solicitude  for  those  in  their  charge.  In  judgment  and  discretion  they 
often  surpass  them.  Mothers  by  nature  have  experience  limited  to 
their  own  daughters.  We  have  had  experience  with  hundreds,  and 
as  with  skilful  physicians,  in  all  that  pertains  to  methods  and  treat- 
ment our  empirical  and  professional  knowledge  must  go  hand  in  hand. 

During  this  year  between  sixty  and  seventy  young  ladies  have 
been  registered  as  resident  pupils.  A  list  of  their  names,  as  well  as  the 
spirit  of  repose^  and  of  gentle  deference  to  rules  which  pervade  this 
large' household,  indicate  that  its  members  represent  families  of  re- 
finement and  culture,  and  that  great  care  is  taken  that  incongruous 
and  disturbing  elements  are  not  admitted. 


8  Mrs.  Sylvanus  (Reed's  School. 


Course  of  Study. 


This  School  is  divided  into  Primary,  Preparatory  and 
Collegiate  Departments. 

The  Primary  Class  consists  of  two  divisions.  The  average  age 
is  from  eight  to  twelve  year>. 

The  Preparatory  Class  consists  of  two  divisions.  The  average 
age  of  the  pupils  in  this  department  is  from  twelve  to  sixteen  years. 

The  course  of  study  in  the  Collegiate  Department  occupies  a 
period  of  four  years.  This  course  has  been  elaborated  with  great 
care,  after  long  experience,  and  patient  consideration  of  the  subject. 
While  less  full  in  some  departments  than  the  course  set  forth  by  col- 
leges and  universities  for  men,  in  many  respects  it  is  far  more  com- 
prehensive and  extensive — and  in  the  opinion  of  the  founder  of  this 
school  a  better  preparation  for  the  future  lives  of  women. 

primary  class. 

P>ench,  Elementary  Speller,  Writing,  First  Reader,  Roman 
Numbers,  Tables,  the  Four  Fundamental  Rules  of  Arithmetic,  Prim- 
ary Geography,  Poetry,  Bible  Recitations,  Singing,  Sewing. 

preparatory  class.  . 

First  Division.  French,  Poetry  and  History,  Applelon's 
Standard  Geography,  Spelling,  Dictation,  Oral  and  Written 
Exercises  in  formation  of  sentences,  Arithmetic  as  far  as  Interest, 
Fifth  Reader,  Elocution,  Hooker's  Natural  History. 

Second  Division.  French,  English  Grammar,  Composition, 
Arithmetic  finished,  with  metric  system,  Reading,  Elocution,  Ancient 
Geography,  Schmidt's  Course,  with  Long's  Classical  Atlas, 
Mythology. 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  Ckeed's  School.  g 


COLLEGIATE  DEPARTMENT. 
Christmas  Term.  FIRST  YEAR.  Trinity  Term. 

French  Language  

German  "   

Latin  "   

Greek         "    ... 

Algebra  {Peck)  

Zoology.  Botany  {Gray). 

Old  Testament  History  {Maclear)  once  a  week  

Ancient  History  {Razvlinson)  

Bain's  Higher  English  Grammar  

Ten  Essays  of  Addison;  Lecture  of  Thackeray,  on  English  Humorists. 

SECOND  YEAR. 

French  Language  

German  "   

Latin  *'   

Greek  "   

Plane,  Solid  and  Spherical  Geometry  {Dairies)  

Natural  Philosophy.    Peck's  Ganots.         Chemistry  {Roscoe). 

New  Testament  History  {Maclear)  once  a  week  

German  History  {Freeman's  Course).  French  History  {Freeman's). 
Rhetoric  {Quackenbos).  English  Literature  {Stopford  Brooke). 

Ward's  English  Poets.  Play  of  Shakspere  {Macbeth). 

THIRD  YEAR. 

French  Language   Latin  Language  

German       "   Greek  "   

Conic  Sections  {Peck).  Trigonometry  {Peck). 

Geology  {Dana):  Moral  Philosophy  {Peabody). 

Hist,  of  England  {Freeman).  Constitutional  Hist,  of  Europe  {//al/am). 
Arnold's  Manual  English  Literature.    March's  Anglo-Saxon  Reader. 

Portions  cf  the  Essays  of  Bacon,  Paradise  Lost,  Faerie  Queen  

FOURTH  YEAR. 

French  Language  German  Language  

Latin  "   Greek  "   

Differential  and  Integral  Calculu.  Astronomy  {Newcomb  and  //olden). 

Psychology  {Bain,  Hamilton,  Hikock).    Logic  {Jevon's). 

History  and  Constitution  of  U.  S.  Political  Economy  {Rogers). 

Bain's  Composition  and  Rhetoric,  with  Essays  

Enghsh  Accidence,  Reading  of  Chaucer  {Morris)  

Fine  Arts  (Lectures).  {Professor  Goodyear). 

N.  B. — Etymology.  Elocution,  Writing,  Composition,  Singing  {solfege)  are 
exercises  common  to  all  Classes. 

The  Courses  in  Letting  in  German^,  and  in  Mathematics,^  after  Ele- 
mentary Algebra  are  considered  as  equivalents,  and  but  one  of  them  is  required. 

One  modern  language,  and  "  English  Language  and  Literature  "  obligatory. 
All  others  elective  after  second  year. 


10         Mrs.  Sylvanus  ^Reed's  School. 


THIS  SCHOOL  PROVIDES  ALSO  THE 
Course  of  Preparatory  and  Collegiate  Study  FOk  Women 
Adopted  by  Columbia  College. 

Pupils  are  allowed  to  study  only  two  languages  at  the  same  time 
in  addition  to  English. 

Lectures. — Dr.  Labberton  lectures  throughout  the  year  on 
History.  Prof.  Goodyear  lectures  ail  the  year  before  the  class  in 
Fine  Arts,  with  stereoscopic  views. 

Classes  in  Chemistry,  Physics,  Astronomy  and  Geology  are 
under  the  charge  of  Dr.  Bowen,  of  Columbia  College  School  of 
Mines,  a  pupil  of  Bunsen. 

Drawing  and  Painting  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  T.  W.  Dewing. 

Especial  attention  is  called  to  the  provisions  made  for  the  study 
of  Modern  Languages.  Classes  in  German  and  in  French  Literature 
will  be  taught  as  heretofore,  by  Prof.  Menco  Stern  in  German,  Mons. 
Porret  in  French. 

Young  ladies  who  have  finished  an  English  Course  elsewhere, 
or  who  desire  to  supply  deficiencies  in  their  former  education,  or  to 
pur>ue  particular  studies,  may  have  Special  Courses  arranged  for 
them  in  higher  English  Criticism,  Political  Economy,  History, 
Psychology,  &€. 

Music,  vocal  and  instrumental,  is  carefully  taught  by  the  best 
masters  in  the  country.  Pupils  are  taken  to  the  Rehearsals  and 
Concerts  of  the  New  York  Philharmonic  Society,  Symphony  Concerts, 
and  to  hear  eminent  European  artists  who  visit  New  York. 

Great  care  has  always  been  taken  to  cultivate  correct  taste  in 
every  Department  of  Fine  Arts.  The  facilities  which  New  York 
affords  to  promote  advancement  in  this  branch  of  education  have 
ever  been  at  the  disposal  of  this  School.  Architecture,  Sculpture, 
Painting,  Ceramics,  Decorative  Art,  Embroider}',  Engraving,  are 
practically  illustrated  by  visits  to  public  and  private  collections  with 
competent  teachers. 

Classes  for  Dancing  are  taken  to  Dodworth's  Dancing  Academy. 

The  Riding  Class  attends  Dickel's  Riding  School. 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  (Reed's  School,  n 


Day  Scholars.  In  contemplating  the  history  of  this  School 
the  founder  must  bear  testimony  to  the  fidelity  with  which  the 
parents  of  the  day  scholars  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  School. 
They  are  careful  about  the  books  read  by  their  daughters  at  home  ; 
they  do  not  allow  them  to  go  to  matinees  nor  to  the  public  parks 
unattended  ;  and  they  so  shape  their  domestic  arrangements  that 
pupils  are  usually  all  in  their  places  for  Morning  Prayer.  The  first 
ten  minutes  forms  the  keynote  of  the  day,  and  many  fathers  and 
mothers  have  taken  pains  to  bear  testimony  to  the  influence  of  the 
brief  counsels  then  given  upon  the  lives  and  characters  of  the 
daughters. 

The  unprecedented  health  record  of  this  large  school  from  the 
beginning  proves  conclusively  that,  with  proper  management  at  school 
and  the  co-operation  of  parents  at  home,  a  high  standard  of  health 
and  a  high  standard  of  scholarship  are  entirely  compatible. 

Resident  Pupils.  Mrs.  Reed  assumes  the  guardianship  of  her 
resident  pupils,  and  she  will  not  share  the  responsibility  with  any 
person  who  is  not  accountable  to  herself.  While  she  makes  their  home 
with  her  attractive  and  comfortable,  she  is  sure  that  they  are  sur- 
rounded by  those  wholesome  restraints  which  are  necessary  to  their 
safety  and  happiness.  As  the  indulgence  of  friends  is  often  the  source 
of  anxiety  to  herself  and  mischief  to  her  pupils,  Mrs.  Reed  does 
not  allow  her  pupils  to  make  visits  in  New  York  or  the  vicinity,  ex- 
cept at  her  discretion,  nor  can  they  receive  visitors,  except  those  intro- 
duced by  parents  or  guardians,  and  then  only  at  her  option. 

Pupils  must  not  be  interrupted  during  class  hours,  nor  will  they  be 
allowed  to  make  visits  with  friends  at  the  hotels  of  the  city. 

Resident  pupils  never  go  into  the  streets  of  the  city  unattended 
by  a  governess  or  other  responsible  person.  Parents  are  requested 
to  observe  this  rule,  which  is  necessary  in  order  to  prevent  number- 
less complications. 

Government.  In  the  first  circular  issued  by  this  School  it  was 
asserted  that  its  discipline  would  be  based  upon  those  principles  of 
Christian  courtesy  which  are  the  foundation  of  all  true  order,  polite- 
ness and  refinement.    The  fact  that  several  years  often  pass  without 


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the  necessity  of  a  reprimand  from  the  principal  of  the  School  either 
to  an  individual  or  class,  will  prove  that  too  much  was  not  assumed 
in  the  beginning,  that  to  prevent  the  growth  of  evil  we  must  pre-occupy 
the  ground  with  good,  and  that  the  discipline  which  seeks  to  liberate 
the  fine  gold  from  the  dross  in  character,  must  be  submitted  to 
the  fervour  of  unfailing  love. 

Situation. — This  School  occupies  buildings  erected  for  the 
purpose.  There  are  the  Usual  drawing-rooms  and  library;  also  a 
spacious  hall  for  chapel  services,  lectures,  musical  and  general 
exercises.  The  class-rooms  are  large,  well-ventilated,  and  well 
warmed;  and  sleeping  rooms  are  all  light  and  arranged  for  single 
occupants,  when  desired. 

A  large  Dining  Room  and  Class  Rooms  and  Bed  Rooms  have 
recently  been  added  to  the  house. 

N.B. — An  Elevator  added  this  year  renders  access  to  upper 
rooms  more  easy. 

One  of  Gouge's  patent  ventilators  was  put  into  the  building  last 

year. 

The  cuisine  is  under  the  charge  of  a  maitre  iV  hotel  of  reputation, 
and  the  health  and  comfort  of  pupils  are  ensured  so  far  as  possible 
by  generous  and  well-ordered  domestic  arrangements. 

Parents  are  requested  to  provide  quiet  and  simple  dress  for  their 
daughters.    Pupils  are  not  to  wear  jewelry  at  School. 

The  Central  Park  affords  opportunity  for  daily  exercise,  as  well 
as  for  the  study  of  Natural  History.  The  neighborhood  of  the  Lenox 
Library,  the  Metropolitan  Museum,  and  of  several  leading  churches 
of  the  city  renders  the  situation  peculiarly  appropriate  for  a  school. 


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Terms. — Board  and  Tuition  in  English,  French,  Latin  and  German, 
per  annum,         ....  -  $900.00. 

Seats  in  Church,  use  of  piano,  and  laundry,  at  cost. 

Young  ladies  will  furnish  their  own  sheets,  pillow-cases,  towels, 
and  table-napkins. 

N.B. — A  deposit  is  required  to  meet  incidental  expenses  which 
are  sanctioned  by  parents,  for  which  full  account  will  be  rendered. 

Day  Scholars.  Tuition  in  English,  French,  Latin  and  German. 
Collegiate  Department,  Third  and  Fourth  year,       -       -    $300  00 

"  "  First  and  Second  year,     -       -        250  00 

Preparatory  Class,  per  annum,  -----  225  00 
Primary  Class,  First  division.        -----         200  00 

"  "     Second  division,  150  00 

Infant  Class  in  advance,       ------         100  00 

Fuel,       ...  $6. 

Bills  for  Board  and  Tuition  are  to  be  paid  in  all  cases  on  the 
enhance  of  the  pupil  and  on  February  1st. 

New  pupils  will  be  received  at  any  period,  and  will  be  charged 
from  the  date  at  which  they  have  engaged  to  enter,  to  the  end  of  the  year. 

N.B. — No  deduction  will  be  made  in  board  or  tuition  for  the  first 
month,  nor  for  absence.  If  the  pupil  is  withdrawn  before  the  close  of 
the  School  year  f till  payment  for  the  year  will  be  required. 

The  terms  for  instruction  in  Music,  Italian,  Spanish,  Drawing, 
and  Painting,  Dancing,  Riding,  Needle  Work,  and  other  accom- 
plishments, are  regulated  by  the  teachers  employed. 

Printed  copies  of  the  rules  will  be  furnished  to  each  pupil,  and 
semi-quarterly  reports  will  be  sent  to  the  parents. 

Mrs.  Reed  will  be  at  home  after  the  15th  of  September.  Address 
all  communications,  letters,  etc.,  to  Mrs.  Reed,  6  East  53d  Street, 
New  York  City. 

CALENDAR. 

The  School  year  begins  October  3d,  and  ends  the  second  week 
in  June. 

Vacations. — Two  weeks  at  Christmas,  One  week  at  Easter, 
Thanksgiving  Day,  Ash-Wednesday,  -Washington's  Birthday  and 
Decoration  Day. 


N. B. -Students  prepared  for  entrance  and  collegia te  examina- 
tions  of  Columbia  College. 


